BARBARA CARTLIDGE (1922-2017) - a silver scarab ring, hallma...

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£300 - £500

BARBARA CARTLIDGE (1922-2017) - a silver scarab ring, hallmarked London 1967, size M. Footnote - born in Berlin, Barbara Cartlidge fled Germany with her family in 1938 to avoid Nazi persecution. She attended the Riemann School of Art and Design, and went on to study jewellery and fashion design at London’s Central School of Arts and Crafts. Her solo exhibition at Heal’s department store in 1960 brought her to public attention attracting interest from magazines like Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. Alongside Andrew Grima, Charles de Temple, John Donald and David Thomas, she was prominent in the new British Modernist style jewellery which emerged from the studios of London in the early 1960's. In 1971 she opened the Electrum Gallery at South Molton Street in London's West End, the first gallery dedicated to contemporary jewellery. Cartlidge worked predominately in silver and favoured simple forms. She loved unusual gemstones. She was appointed Freeman of The Goldsmiths Company in 1978, and has written several jewellery books. Her work can be found in private and museum collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.